Editing Abel (section)

==={{anchor|Hibil}}Mandaean interpretation===
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According to [[Mandaeism|Mandaean]] beliefs and scriptures including the [[Qulasta]], the [[Draša D-Iahia|Book of John]] and [[Ginza Rba|Genzā Rabbā]], Abel is cognate with the angelic [[Soteriology|soteriological]] figure '''Hibil Ziwa''',<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-1931956499|title=The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran|date=1932|author=Drower, E.S.|publisher=Gorgias Press.com|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mandaeansofiraqi00esdr}}</ref> ({{langx|myz|ࡄࡉࡁࡉࡋ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ}}, sometimes translated "Splendid Hibel"),<ref>{{citation|mode=cs1 |url=http://www.gnosis.org/library/The_Mandaean_Book_of_John_Open_Access_Ve.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.gnosis.org/library/The_Mandaean_Book_of_John_Open_Access_Ve.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |first1=Charles G. |last1=Häberl |author-link=Charles G. Häberl |first2=James F. |last2=McGrath |author-link2=James F. McGrath |date=2019 |title=The Mandaean Book of John: Text and Translation |version=Open Access Version |publisher=De Gruyter |place=Berlin/Boston}}</ref> who is spoken of as a son of [[Hayyi Rabbi|Hayyi]]<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-r5-p78">{{cite book |section=Book Five: The Descent of the Savior |page=78 |quotation=My Father, Hayyi, said to me, "Why are you standing down Yawar? You are Yawar Hibil the messenger![…]" |title=[[Ginza Rabba]] |volume=Right Volume |last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed |edition=2nd |place=Germany |year=2019 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref> or of [[Manda d-Hayyi]],<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-gloss"/><ref name="ginza-alsaadi-r5-p83">{{cite book |section=Book Five: The Descent of the Savior |page=83 |quotation=In gratitude we give thanks to Manda ʼd Hayyi and to his son Hibil, who established the order of Hayyi. |title=[[Ginza Rabba]] |volume=Right Volume |last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed |edition=2nd |place=Germany |year=2019 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref> and as a brother to [[Enos (biblical figure)#In Mandaeism|Anush (Enosh)]] and to [[Seth#Mandaeism|Sheetil (Seth)]],<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-r5"/> who is the son of [[Adam]].<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-l1-1">{{cite book |section=Book One, 1st Glorification: The Return of Sheetil, son of Adam to the World of Light |pages=1–9 |title=[[Ginza Rabba]] |volume=Left Volume |last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed |edition=2nd |place=Germany |year=2019 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref> Elsewhere, Anush is spoken of as the son of Sheetil, and Sheetil as the son of Hibil, where Hibil came to Adam and Eve as a young boy when they were still virgins, but was called their son.<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-r12">{{cite book |section=Book Twelve: The Second Illumination |pages=130–135 |title=[[Ginza Rabba]] |volume=Right Volume |last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed |edition=2nd |place=Germany |year=2019 |publisher=Drabsha}} [Note: this is book 10 in some other editions.]</ref> Hibil is an important [[lightworld]] being ([[uthra]]) who conquered the [[World of Darkness (Mandaeism)|World of Darkness]].<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-gloss">{{cite book |section=Glossary |pages=206–213 |title=[[Ginza Rabba]] |volume=Right Volume |last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed |edition=2nd |place=Germany |year=2019 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref> As '''Yawar Hibil''', he is one of multiple figures known as '''[[Yawar Ziwa|Yawar]]''' ({{langx|myz|ࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ|lit=Helper}}), being so named by and after his father.<ref name="ginza-alsaadi-r5">{{cite book |section=Book Five: The Descent of the Savior |pages=70–83 |title=[[Ginza Rabba]] |volume=Right Volume |last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed |edition=2nd |place=Germany |year=2019 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref>